Collak



Patented Api. 19, 1921.

2 SHEZS-HEETI A. G. SALERNO'.

COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2.1920.

A. G.. SALERNO. COLLAR.

APPLLCATION FILED SEPT.2| |92()- 1,375,182. Patented Apk 19, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PTET OFFICE.

ANTHONY G. SALERNO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COLLAR.

Application filed September 2, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTHONY G'. Sanne No, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to-detachable soft or unstarched collars designedto be attached to a shirt as an article of wearing apparel. Whilecomfortable, sanitary, and desirable, collars ofV this character easilybecome wrinkled and crumpled, and it is the object of my invention toprovide a soft collar formed and adapted to receive as a liner anordinary stiff or starched collar` of coriesponding shape-or, ifdesired, a foldable liner of similar shape and of any other suitablematerial-, to prevent the soft collar from wrinkling and cause it tokeep the shape and present a neat appearance, thus adding to the comfortof the wearer and enabling the collar to be worn a longer time. AnotherObject of my invention is to provide a collar which, when formed ofwoolen or other warm fabric, will serve in cold weather to keep the neckwarm and serve as a substitute for a muffler. To the ends in view, andto attain the objects mentioned and other incidental objects andadvantages which will be apparent from the descrip tion hereinaftergiven, I have invented and designed the novel soft collar and linerstructure illustrated in the accompanying drawings and which will now bedescribed, the essential elements of my invention being moreparticularly )ointed out in the appended claims, it eing understood,however, that modification of the form and construction of the parts ispossible without departing from the scope of the claims or the spiritlof the invention, and that I do not intend to limit my invention to thespecific form or details of construction of the structure described.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing is a plan view of the inner side ofa portion of a soft collar and its lining member embodying a preferredform of my invention, slightly more than one-half of the collar beingillustrated, and the members being shown unfolded and opened out flatand broken awav in places to better show the relation of the parts;Figs. 2 and 3 are simi lar views respectively illustrating two otherSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Api'. 19, 1921.

Serial No. 407,763.

and different modified forms of my invention g'Figs. t, 5 and 6 are,respectively, ransverse sectionsof the collars shown in Figs. l, 2 and3, taken through the center of the folded collars; Fig. 7 is aperspective of a complete collar in folded position; and Figs.

8, 9 and l0 are complete plan views of the collars shown in Figs. l, 2and 3, respectively.

The same letters of refe-rence indicate the same parts in all thefigures of the drawing. Describing first the preferred formof myinvention illustrated in F l, 4E and 8 of the drawing, my improvedcollar comprises a soft collar membell of any desired pliable fabricsupported upon a separable stiff lining member of lany suitable anddesired pattern such as the conventional shape illustrated. rlhe outermember, or soft collar proper, consists of an outer ply l, and an innerply 2, extending over the flap portion of the outer ply and the endportions of the neck-band part thereof, the plies being securedtogether' along their meeting edges, thus leaving an opening 3 extendingover the center of the neck-band portion of the article and terminatingshort of the ends thereof. The neck-band portion of the outer ply isformed with a button hole 4 adapted to register with the central or rearbutton hole la of the stiff collar lining member 5, and the plies l and2 are both formed with button holes 6 arranged to register with frontbutton hole of the stiff collar. In the drawings the dotted line 5indicates the margin of the lining member 5 (other dotted linesindicating lines of stitching), and the folding lines between the flapand neck-band portions of the members are indicated by a plurality oflight full lines. It is obvious'that the stiff collar may readily beinserted in the soft collar member through the opening 3 when the collarmembers are unfolded or opened out in. flat form, and the two membersmay then be folded together to form a collar which in appearanceresembles a soft collar (see Fig. 7), but which, when applied to a shirtby means of the collar buttons passing through the registering buttonholes, will retain its shape and present a neat appearance until itbecomes soiled from wear. A single stiff collar will serve as a linerfor any number of soft collars of the same pattern, which thus makes mynew collar particularly suitable for traveling, since a large number ofsoft collars may be packed so as to occupy but little space.

The modied form of my collar shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 9 differs from thepreferred form above described in that the rear or inner ply marked 2a,extends over both the flap and neck-band portions of the article, and issecured to the outer ply around its entire margin, a transverse centralslot 7 being provided for insertion of the lining member.

ln the modification shown in Figs. 3, 6 and l0 the inner ply 2b extendsover both the flap and neck-band portions of the collar, as in theconstruction shown in Fig. 2, but the outer and inner plies are lettunstitched and disconnected from each other along the central portion ofthe margin of the neck-band of the collar, thus leaving an opening forinsertion of the lining member.

I claim:

1. A collar comprising separable similarly shaped outer and liningmembers each having neck-band and flap portions, said outer member beingformed of pliable fabric and having outer and inner plies connected atthe meeting margin of the flap portions and of the ends of the neck-bandportions and there being an opening between said plies intermediate theends of the members, and said lining member being relatively sti1 andfoldable together with said outer member along a line between theneck-band and flap portions of the members.

2. A collar comprising separable similarly shaped outer and liningmembers each having neck-band and Hap portions, said outer member beingformed of pliable fabric and having outer and inner plies connected atthe meeting margin of the flap portions and of the ends of the neck-bandportions and said plies being free from each other along the centralportion of said members, and said lining member being relatively still'and foldable together with said outer member along a line between theneck-band and flap portions of the members.

3. A collar comprising separable similarly shaped outer and liningmembers each having neck-band and flap portions, said outer member beingformed of pliable fabric and having outer and inner plies connected atthe meeting margin of the flap portions and of the ends of the neck-bandportions and said neck-band portion of the inner ply being cut away toform a longitudinal opening along the center portion of said outermember, and said lining member being rela-v tively stiif and foldabletogether with said outer member alonga line between the neckband and Happortions of the members.

ANTHONY G. SALERNO.

